Author: Kevin Miller
Date: 20:20:47 03/09/99
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On March 08, 1999 at 21:22:41, odell hall wrote: > >On March 08, 1999 at 17:27:28, John Coffey wrote: > >>A friend had a Radio Shack 2200 computer. I played it two >> games at 5 seconds per move and drew the first game and >> won the second. I took more time than the computer, >> but it was like 7 or 8 minutes per game. I think that >> the program is around 1800 to 1900 at speed chess. I am >> rated 1925. >> >>John Coffey > > >Hi John > > > Try playing it at 40 moves 1 hour. It plays much stronger at that level. I >think that it is a legitamate 2200 player. I hate to admitit, but it wiped me >out in a six game match at 40/1hr, I am too embarrassed to say what the score >was. My rating is 1804 uscf Heh -- it was a friend's Radio Shack chess computer waaaay back in about '81 or '82 that got me into the habit of buying them. I started out with the crappy Tryom unit, then went with computers like the Applied Concepts' Morphy Encore, Fidelity Challenger 9, several of the Novag Constellation series, a Mephisto Exclusive auto-response board, to name a few...:) Thank God for chess software and fast PCs!!!
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